Toy lariat



Feb. 16, 1954*. F. A. Mmm

T OY LARIAT Filed oct. 18, leso :Nl/Emol;

Fnsosmcn A.MAJon vPatented Feb. 16, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TOYLARIAT Frederick A. Major, St. Louis, Mo.

Application October 18, 1950, Serial No. 190,764

1 Claim.

This invention relates generally to lariats and more specifically to toylariats adapted for such use by children that said lariats mayconstitute parts of cowboy costumes worn by the children, thepredominant object of the invention being to provide a toy lariat whichis so constructed and arranged that when not in actual use it may bevery conveniently suspended from a belt or other part of the costume ofa child so as to add to appearance of the costume.

Fig. 1 is a view partly in elevation and partly in perspectiveillustrating the toy lariat of this invention, a part of the lariatbeing broken away.

Fig. 2 shows the lariat of Fig. 1 as it appears when assembled forsuspension from a belt or other article forming a part of the costumeworn by a youthful user of the lariat.

In the drawing, wherein is shown for purposes of illustration, merely,one embodiment of the invention, A designates the improved toy lariatgenerally. The lariat A comprises a length of rope l which is providedat one end with a loop 2, the end portion of the rope part whichproduces the loop 2 being spliced to a portion of the rope, as is shownat 3 in the drawing, and the rope l being passed through the loop 2 toprovide a running noose. At the end of the rope opposite to the endthereof at which the loop 2 is located, a second loop 5 is provided andthis second loop also is produced by splicing an end part of the portionof the rope which produces the loop to the rope proper, as is indicatedat 6 in the drawing. The splices 3 and 6 are made in a. manner which iswell known to persons familiar with the art to which this inventionrelates, the end parts of the portions of the rope that produce theloops 2 and 5 being interlaced with portions of the rope proper.

The lariat of this invention includes a thong 1, which preferably,though not necessarily, is in the form of a length of buckskin. Anintermediate portion 'l of the thong 1 is extended through the splice 6,said thong being threaded between rope strands of which the splice iscomposed and at opposite sides of the splice 6 the 2 thong has knots 8tied therein so as to retain the thong in its proper position withrespect to the lariat splice and prevent displacement of the thong withrespect to said splice.

In the use of the improved lariat of the present invention the lariatmay be suspended from the belt or other part of the costume of a user ofthe lariat. When so supported the lariat coiled as is shown in Fig. 2and the thong 1 embraces portions of the lariat and is tied thereaboutwith the loop 5 extending upwardly so that it may be engaged by anarticle which supports the lariat. Likewise, when it is desired to usethe lariat for lassoing purposes the loop 5 is detached from the articlewhich supports the lariat, the thong 1 is untied, Iand the lariat isready for use.

I claim:

A lariat comprising a length of rope having a loop at an end thereofthrough which a portion of said rope extends to provide a running noose,a second loop for-med in said length of rope which serves to engage -anarticle by which the lariat is supported, and tie means for tying thelariat in a coiled condition for support thereof, said tie meanscomprising a length of flexible material which is attached to the lariatat a point adjacent to the second-mentioned loop, a portion of saidlength of ilexible material being extended transversely through aportion of said length of rope, and knots tied in said length ofilexible material at opposite sides of said portion of the length ofrope through which said portion of said length of exible material isextended.

FREDERICK A. MAJOR.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS NumberName Date 230,620 Dederick Aug. 3, 1880 1,615,586 Kleiman Jan. 25, 19271,649,654 Benson Nov. 15, 1927 1,959,985 Moll May 22, 1934

